VietNamNet Bridge - Fake, dubious and unbranded cakes, foods, construction materials and clothes are widely sold in Ho Chi Minh City, especially as Tet, or the Lunar New Year is drawing near.

VietNamNet Bridge - Southeast Asia's largest hydroelectric power station has begun operating to help ease an electricity shortage in fast-growing Vietnam, an official said Monday.

No shortage of gasoline supply; Border smuggling surges at year end; 3 VN banks provide steel producer Hoa Phat with $75 mln loan; Gold and dollar decline; 96 businesses win National Quality Award    

Vietnamese domestic steel producers, after the automatic import licensing scheme expires on December 31, 2010, has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade maintain the scheme in order to continue protecting domestic production.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Green conferences” has become a more popular concept for businesses which now consider video conferences an effective tool to successfully organize conferences and to minimize possible expenses.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 27,200 local tourists have bought promotion tours this year to date, or twice the number last year, prompting the Tourism Stimulus Team 2010 to ask the national tourism agency . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Bkis BKAV Home Plus has performed well to enter the world’s top ten.

Vietnam, Indonesia promote comprehensive cooperation; US scholar amazed at Lower House’s H.Res.20; Fresh calls for solidarity on patriotic anniversary; More fallen soldiers in Cambodia repatriated

Hanoi Youth Union honoured with ASEAN TAYO Award; Vietnam improves quality of population; Vietnam to boost statistical research; Two men arrested for illegal video post; Premature baby given clean bill of health

VietNamNet Bridge – Auctioneers are able to sue winners for refusing to pay their promised bids, according to lawyers after learning that auction winners at a recent charity auction for flood victims in central Viet Nam turned out to be fake.

VietNamNet Bridge – High demand for tickets is already becoming a headache for bus station owners in the run up to Tet (Lunar New Year), leaving some companies in HCM City concerned that they won't be able to cope, despite

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security has warned of the increase in hi-tech crimes, particularly in the financial sector, in recent times.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phacoemulsification surgical technology has failed to eradicate cataract-caused blindness in Viet Nam because not enough people have access to it.

Lao art troupe to perform in Ha Noi; 36 art works depicting Hanoi streets; 30 new Vietnamese Guinness records set; City to host “Welcome New Year 2011” festival; Writer donates books to museum; Binh Thuan to host int’l yacht festival

VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from around the country participated in formulating a long-term strategy for the development of cai luong (reformed opera) at a recent conference in HCM City.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 30th National Television Festival kicked-off yesterday in the southern province of Can Tho, showcasing the best television works produced by State-owned television stations and private studios.

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives from schools for the gifted are concerned that they will not be able to properly teach mathematics and computers in the English language in the 2011-2012 school year,

VietNamNet Bridge – A lack of facilities and a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training's pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese wartime posters featuring President Ho Chi Minh or heroic images of liberation fighters have become popular souvenirs for tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has finished top of the medal table at the World Martial Arts Pencak Silat Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia after bagging eight gold, eight silver and three bronze medals.